Description
The teacher uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate students' intellectual, social, and physical development. This class examines the difference between assessment and evaluation and how to use data to drive curriculum planning, instruction, evaluation, and decision-making. Teachers will learn about assessment characteristics, uses, advantages, and limitations of assessment; select and construct assessments related to objectives; identify measurement theory elements; and evaluate assessments that measure growth. The course is designed for elementary, secondary, and K-12 teacher candidates. Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education program. (3 s.h.)